UGA Press Hires New Fiscal Affairs Manager and Acquisitions Editor
The University of Georgia Press welcomes two new staff members this summer: Sonja Eklund Hubbard, fiscal affairs manager, and Sarah Shermyen, acquisitions editor.
University of Georgia Press Appoints Nathaniel Holly as Editor-in-Chief
The University of Georgia Press has appointed Nathaniel Holly as its new Editor-in-Chief. As Editor-in-Chief, Holly will lead the acquisitions department at the Press, effective January 22, 2024.
Iheoma Nwachukwu wins the 2023 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction
“Japa & Other Stories by Iheoma Nwachukwu is everything that I hope to come upon as the series editor of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction: a voice that is at once fresh and fully formed, characters and premises that delight and surprise and edify.”
Jessica Tanck Wins the Georgia Poetry Prize
The University of Georgia Press is pleased to announce Jessica Tanck as the winner of the 2022 Georgia Poetry Prize.
UGA Press to Host Ask UP
UGA Press announces their partnership Association of University Presses to host Ask UP for the spring 2023 quarter.
UGA Press Calls for Submissions for the Georgia Poetry Prize
The UGA Press is excited to announce that submissions for the Georgia Poetry Prize open on October 1st, 2022.
Carol Roh Spaulding Wins the Flannery O’Connor Award For Short Fiction
Carol Roh Spaulding has been chosen as this year’s winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction.
UGA Press Acquires NewSouth Books
The University of Georgia Press, a respected publisher of global scholarship, creative and literary works, and general interest books on the American South, announced today its acquisition of NewSouth Books.
Leah Nieboer Wins the Georgia Poetry Prize
The University of Georgia Press is pleased to announce Leah Nieboer as the winner of the2021 Georgia Poetry Prize. In partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology and theUniversity of Georgia, the University of Georgia Press established the Georgia Poetry Prize in2015 as a national competition that celebrates excellence in poetry. This year’s runner-up isMatthew Minicucci’s…
UGA Press Mourns the Loss of Editor Valerie Boyd
The University of Georgia Press mourns the loss of celebrated editor Valerie Boyd. In September 2021, the Press appointed Boyd as one of two Editors-at-Large. She also served as one of the Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction series editors. In February 2021, Boyd moderated the Press’s “Then and Now: A Conversation with Charlayne…
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